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- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Set Decorator
Hungarian-born Alexandre Trauner came to Paris in 1929 to escape the anti-semitic Horty regime in his native country, and to paint. Instead, he became involved in the film industry as an assistant to the famous art director Lazare Meerson. Influenced by cubism and impressionism, he embraced the intellectual freedom in the French capital and branched out into architecture, even fashion design and tapestry. However, by the mid-30s, Trauner had worked his way up to being a motion picture production designer in his own right. He became part of a famous collaboration with the director Marcel Carné, writer Jacques Prevert and composers Joseph Kosma and Maurice Jaubert on a number of seminal French films, including Hotel du Nord (1938) and Le Jour Se Leve (1939). Trauner's meticulously researched, intricate studio sets evocatively captured not only the virile, romantic atmosphere of Paris boulevards and canals (Children of Paradise (1945) and Gates of the Night (1946)), but also a fog-enshrouded Le Havre (Port of Shadows (1938)) and a windswept Brittany coastline (Remorques (1941)).
Post-war, and having gained international recognition, Trauner became much sought-after by Hollywood directors with European assignments. His next famous partnership was with Billy Wilder who invited him to come to the U.S. where Trauner was subsequently based. He travelled to the Congo, detailing Sister Luke's hardships for Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story (1959), then worked on some of Wilder's best films during the next few years, creating the effective, lived-in ambiance of The Apartment (1960) and the stark cold war atmosphere of divided Berlin for One, Two, Three (1961). After that, he was back in action as art director on another romantic Parisian melodrama, Anatole Litvak's charming and moody Goodbye Again (1961). Demonstrating his versatility, he created impressive visuals of war-torn Warsaw (filmed on location) for The Night of the Generals (1967); built the most sumptuous of Victorian sets at Pinewood, replete with equally opulent Baker Street interiors, for Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); and summoned an exotic vision of the fictional kingdom of Kafiristan for John Huston's cracking adventure yarn, The Man Who Would Be King (1975). Coming full circle, Trauner wound down his distinguished career back in France, with a darker view of Paris via the Metro and its inhabitants, in Subway (1985). He created a near-perfect replica of the Paris Blue Note Club and New York's Birdland at Studio Clair (in the Parisian suburb of Epinay-sur-Seine) for the most compelling of jazz films, 'Round Midnight (1986).
For a man who enjoyed one of the longest careers in French cinema, Trauner remained remarkably self-effacing, even after winning his Oscar (for 'The Apartment') and three Cesar Awards. He attributed much of his success to invention, and to not necessarily sticking to reality, but to be continuously "new and surprising".- Chitta Bose was born on 26 November 1907 in Khulna, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Khulna, Bangladesh]. He was a director, known for Chheley Kaar (1954), Putrabadhu (1956) and Ekti Raat (1956). He died on 5 December 1993 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Don Christie was born on 18 July 1916 in Canada. He is known for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Eiger Sanction (1975) and Johnny Dark (1954). He died on 5 December 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Doug Hopkins was born on 11 April 1961 in Tempe, Arizona, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Hey Jealousy, Cold Case (2003) and Being Erica (2009). He died on 5 December 1993 in Tempe, Arizona, USA.- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Yevgeny Gabrilovich was born on 29 September 1899 in Voronezh, Voronezhskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Mashenka (1942), The Beginning (1970) and Two Soldiers (1943). He died on 5 December 1993 in Moscow, Russia.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Ole Mynster was born on 23 July 1927 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (1958), Skovridergaarden (1957) and Komtessen (1961). He died on 5 December 1993.- Yuriy Perov is a Soviet theater and film actor.
Perov was born in Moscow. In 1969 he graduated from the State Institute of Theater Arts named after Anatoli Lunacharsky (GITIS). In 1969-1971 he played in the Moscow Academic Drama Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky. Since 1971 he was an actor of the Moscow Regional Drama Theater named after Aleksandr Ostrovskiy.
On November 4, 1972, the legendary The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) came out on Soviet screens, based on the story of the same name by Boris Vasilev, nominated for the Oscar, where Yuriy Nikolaevich reincarnated as a German. In Ukroshcheniye ognya (1972) and Poslednyaya vstrecha (1975) he also received episodic roles, and from the mid-70s he stopped acting in films. - Additional Crew
- Actor
- Writer
Milan Djokovic was born on 26 May 1908 in Belgrade, Serbia. He was an actor and writer, known for Dobro dosao druze Tito u svoju staru fabriku (1979), TV teatar (1956) and Malogradjani (1983). He died on 5 December 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- Camera and Electrical Department
Robert D. Christie was born on 18 July 1916 in Canada. Robert D. is known for Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971). Robert D. died on 5 December 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Math McCarty was born on 28 July 1945 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Friday on My Mind (1970) and The C..O. (1971). He died on 5 December 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Dick Webster began his career in Vaudeville when he was a young boy. He sang with The Yale Collegians, which was headed at the time by his brother. This led to his joining Jimmie Grier's band in the thirties as a violinist/singer. He later became an agent with General Artists, and started his own organization, called Arena Stars. Some of his clients were: Spike Jones, Johnny Carson, and singer Jimmy Dean.